MLB standings through games of September 19, 1975

MLB standings at the end of September 19, 1975

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	153	91	62	0	.595		769	679	45-32	46-30	7-3	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	152	86	66	0	.566	4.5	656	535	41-33	45-33	8-2	Won 2
New York Yankees	152	78	74	0	.513	12.5	647	563	40-33	38-41	7-3	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	149	74	75	0	.497	15.0	649	653	38-36	36-39	5-5	Won 2
Milwaukee Brewers	154	64	90	0	.416	27.5	637	768	33-45	31-45	2-8	Lost 2
Detroit Tigers	153	56	97	0	.366	35.0	557	756	30-48	26-49	2-8	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	153	93	60	0	.608		707	579	50-24	43-36	6-4	Lost 1
Kansas City Royals	153	86	67	0	.562	7.0	679	610	47-28	39-39	6-4	Won 2
Texas Rangers	155	75	80	0	.484	19.0	686	709	37-40	38-40	5-5	Won 1
Minnesota Twins	150	71	79	0	.473	20.5	700	711	38-41	33-38	5-5	Lost 2
Chicago White Sox	152	71	81	0	.467	21.5	627	662	42-37	29-44	3-7	Lost 2
California Angels	154	70	84	0	.455	23.5	609	698	33-44	37-40	5-5	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	153	88	65	0	.575		684	533	49-26	39-39	6-4	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	153	82	71	0	.536	6.0	694	656	49-28	33-43	7-3	Won 2
St. Louis Cardinals	154	78	75	1	.510	10.0	629	651	43-35	35-40	3-7	Lost 4
New York Mets	154	78	76	0	.506	10.5	615	589	41-38	37-38	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	155	73	82	0	.471	16.0	686	797	40-36	33-46	5-5	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	153	68	85	0	.444	20.0	554	658	34-41	34-44	4-6	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	154	101	53	0	.656		790	555	61-17	40-36	5-5	Won 3
Los Angeles Dodgers	154	84	70	0	.545	17.0	609	507	47-31	37-39	8-2	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	154	75	79	0	.487	26.0	627	649	44-35	31-44	5-5	Won 3
San Diego Padres	153	68	85	0	.444	32.5	525	634	35-39	33-46	4-6	Lost 5
Atlanta Braves	155	66	89	0	.426	35.5	557	695	36-41	30-48	2-8	Lost 4
Houston Astros	154	61	92	1	.399	39.5	637	683	35-41	26-51	7-3	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 6, Brewers 5 at Baltimore (night game):
A walk with the bases loaded capped a two-run rally in the ninth inning and enabled the Orioles to defeat the Brewers, 6-5. The Orioles, who had homers by Mark Belanger and Don Baylor to overcome the Brewers' early lead and tie the score at 4-4, fell behind again when Mike Hegan hit for the circuit in the eighth. In the ninth, doubles by Tony Muser and Elrod Hendricks knotted the count. After an intentional pass to Al Bumbry, Ken Singleton was safe on an error by Robin Yount to load the bases. Royle Stillman then coaxed a pass from Tom Murphy to force in the winning run.

Angels 1, Twins 0 at California (night game):
Joe Pactwa, lefthander from Tampico (Mexican), gained his first major league victory when the Angels defeated the Twins, 1-0. Mickey Rivers singled off Bert Blyleven in the fourth inning, stole second and scored the game's only run on a single by Dan Briggs. Pactwa, formerly an outfielder-pitcher in the Yankees' organization, was removed after walking Dave McKay in the eighth inning and Jim Brewer came in to save the rookie's decision.

Rangers 10, White Sox 6 at Chicago (night game):
Although piling up 19 hits, the Rangers needed great relief work by Stan Thomas to subdue the White Sox, 10-6. Lenny Randle, Mike Hargrove and Roy Howell each had three hits in the Rangers' attack, which also included a homer by Tom Grieve. Hargrove drove in three runs. The White Sox knocked out Steve Hargan in the seventh inning, but Thomas relieved with the bases loaded and put down the rally, striking out Nyls Nyman and Chet Lemon and retiring Mike Squires on a fly.

Indians 3, Yankees 2 at Cleveland (night game):
Fritz Peterson was able to gain his 10th straight victory when the Indians jumped on Catfish Hunter for three runs in the fifth inning to defeat the Yankees, 3-2. Rico Carty and Buddy Bell singled, Alan Ashby doubled and Frank Duffy singled in the Indians' outburst. Peterson gave up two homers by Bobby Bonds before leaving the game in favor of Tom Buskey in the seventh. Dave LaRoche relieved in the ninth and retired the last two batters for his 16th save.

Red Sox 7, Tigers 5 at Detroit (night game):
The Red Sox, after failing to hold a 4-0 lead, came back with a two-run single by Rico Petrocelli in the fifth inning to defeat the Tigers, 7-5. In the first, the Red Sox kayoed Ray Bare before the Tigers' starter could retire a batter and scored four runs on a walk and five hits. The Tigers retaliated with three runs in their half and tied the score when Ben Oglivie homered in the third. However in the fifth, Jim Rice and Carlton Fisk singled and, after one out, Petrocelli drove them home with his hit.

Royals 5, A's 4 at Kansas City (night game):
Battling to stay alive in the Western Division race, the Royals defeated the Athletics, 5-4, to move within seven games of the pace-setters. The A's, whose magic number remained at three, took a 4-3 lead on a homer by Joe Rudi in the seventh inning, but the Royals came back to win with two in their half. George Brett led off with a single and John Mayberry walked, Tony Solaita sacrificed and Al Cowens then singled, driving in the tying and winning tallies.

Reds 7, Braves 6 at Atlanta (night game):
The Reds rested Ken Griffey, their regular right fielder, and in his place Terry Crowley and Merv Rettenmund came through with key hits in a 7-6 victory over the Braves. In the fifth inning, Dave Concepcion homered to break a 1-1 tie and spark a five-run outburst. After Concepcion's blow, the Reds loaded the bases and Crowley cleared the sacks with a double. Crowley also scored on an error by Max Leon. Rettenmund, coming into the game as a pinch-hitter for Crowley in the seventh, rapped a double and scored what proved to be the winning run on a single by Bill Plummer. Dusty Baker hit a two-run homer for the Braves.

Astros 6, Dodgers 5 at Houston (night game):
The Astros, after coming from behind to tie the score in four different innings, broke away with a run in the 12th to defeat the Dodgers, 6-5. The Astros knotted the count at 2-2 in the fifth, 3-3 in the sixth and 4-4 in the eighth when Cliff Johnson hit a homer. The Dodgers went ahead again in the 11th with a walk to Lee Lacy, a wild pitch and single by Dave Sells, but Cesar Cedeno homered in the Astros' half to keep the game going. Then, with two out in the 12th, Milt May walked and scored the winning run on singles by Wilbur Howard and Ken Boswell.

Expos 9, Cubs 6 at Montreal (night game):
Mike Jorgensen rapped four hits including a homer, and drove in four runs to lead the Expos' attack in a 9-6 victory over the Cubs. Pete Mackanin and Tim Foli also hit for the circuit. Foli's homer was his first since September 23, 1973. Rick Monday and Andre Thornton each had two RBIs for the Cubs, who lost a 5-4 lead when the Expos counted twice in the seventh inning on a bases-loaded single by Jerry White and sacrifice fly by Mackanin. Jorgensen then provided the winning margin, hitting a three-run homer in the eighth.

Phillies 4, Mets 3 at New York (night game):
Dick Allen, who tied the score with a double in the sixth inning, smashed a homer in the eighth to give the Phillies a 4-3 victory over the Mets. Larry Christenson, Phillies' starting pitcher, hit a two-run homer off Tom Seaver in the second, but the Mets picked up a run in the third and went ahead in the fourth when Rusty Staub walked and Ed Kranepool hit for the circuit. The Mets kept the lead until the sixth when Jay Johnstone singled, moved up on a wild pitch and scored on Allen's double. Skip Lockwood, who relieved Seaver, was the victim of Allen's homer in the eighth, while Tug McGraw, who pitched three hitless innings in relief for the Phillies, picked up the victory. Dave Cash became the first player in the majors with 200 hits this season with two singles to bring his total to 201.

Pirates 7, Cardinals 1 at Pittsburgh (night game):
The Pirates eliminated the third-place Cardinals from the Eastern Division race with a 7-1 victory and also knocked out the fourth-place Mets, leaving the Phillies as the only remaining contenders. The Phils were six games behind. Ken Brett, coming out of the Pirates' bullpen, made his first start since September 20 and was a winner over the Cardinals with the assistance of Ramon Hernandez, who hurled the last two innings. Willie Stargell was jarred in a collision with Dave Parker chasing a fly ball in the fourth. Ed Kirkpatrick, taking Stargell's place in the lineup, hit a three-run homer in the fifth to clinch the victory.

Giants 3, Padres 1 at San Francisco (night game):
Gary Matthews hit a three-run homer in the first inning and that was all Mike Caldwell needed to pitch the Giants to a 3-1 victory over the Padres in his first start since July 20. Derrel Thomas was safe on an error by Hector Torres and Bobby Murcer walked before Matthews hit his round-tripper off Randy Jones.